by Nem Davies Friday, 29 May 2009 13:52New Delhi (Mizzima) – Yesterday’s state-run media, weary of potential implications, omitted some facts revealed during the court testimony on Wednesday of American John William Yettaw, who disclosed that he encountered security personnel while trying to sneak into Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s residence.At Wednesday's hearing, Yettaw testified that he met with armed security personnel upon leaving her house after his first visit, in November of last year, with the security detachment aiming their guns at him and...
Friday, May 29, 2009
Aung San Suu Kyi’s court date postponed to June 5
by Mungpi Friday, 29 May 2009 21:21New Delhi - The special court in Insein Prison on Friday extended the date for lawyers to submit arguments on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial until June 5, according to her lawyers.Kyi Win, a member of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal team, said authorities sent them letters today informing them of the extension of the date for submission of arguments on the case.“The information is that the arguments can be submitted latest by June 5,” Kyi Win told Mizzima.Previously, the court had set June 1...
Indonesian coalition raises awareness on Rohingya, Suu Kyi
by John Moe Friday, 29 May 2009 18:27Jakarta – The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition on Burma (KMSUB) held a seminar on Friday today to highlight the plight of the Rohingya boatpeople who are stranded in Indonesia’s Aceh province after fleeing from Burma earlier in the year.The seminar, which also expressed concerns for Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was attended by Indonesian rights activists, local NGOs and international diplomats.Rafendi Djamin, coordinator of the Indonesian NGO Coalition for International Human Rights...
Beckham writes in support of Aung San Suu Kyi
by Mizzima News Friday, 29 May 2009 22:45New Delhi - British International soccer player David Beckham has written a message of support for detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the website that is collecting messages for her 64th birthday.“Nineteen years ago, the Burmese people chose Aung San Suu Kyi as their next leader. For most of those 19 years she has been kept under house arrest by the military junta that runs the country. We must not stand by as she is silenced again. Now is the time for the international community to...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
PHOENIX entertainment journal suspended this week
by May Kyaw Thursday, 28 May 2009 20:50Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma’s censor board suspended the publishing license of the ‘PHOENIX’, an entertainment journal for this week’s issue after it published some censored news. The censor board under the Burmese Ministry of Information suspended the publishing of this week’s issue of this journal. It is published every Thursday. The censor board also reminded the journal authorities to publish only entertainment news. “They have no time to edit when the journal is being censored. The censor board can...
Junta rejects UN Security Council’s demand
by Mizzima News Thursday, 28 May 2009 00:00Despite the United Nations Security Council urging implementation of an all inclusive political dialogue including Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and other stake-holders and initiate reconciliation, Burma’s military government has said it will continue with its planned 2010 election as part of its roadmap to democracy.Following the trial against Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the UNSC issued a statement on May 22 expressing its concern over developments in Burma. In response to the UNSC’s statement, the...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
News updates on 8th day of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial
Suu Kyi’s testimony in courtWednesday, 27 May 2009 20:17The Rangoon North District court sitting inside Insein prison on Tuesday examined Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and prosecution witness Investigating Officer Police Captain Than Soe of the Special Branch. Below is an excerpt of the examination held on Tuesday in court, published by the junta’s the New Light of Myanmar newspaper.Q : Do Daw Khin Khin Win and Daw Win Ma Ma (a) Ange Lay stay with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi?A : Yes, in my home.Q : Are the restriction order, prohibition order and the order for...
U Gambira transferred to Kalay prison
by Phanida Wednesday, 27 May 2009 18:27Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Buddhist monk Ashin Gambira who staged a protest in prison and demanded a meeting with military junta supremo Snr. Gen. Than Shwe was said to have been transferred to Kalay prison.Gambira recently staged a protest by shouting and demanding a face-to-face meeting with Snr. Gen. Than Shwe. Following this show of defiance he was transferred to Kalaymyo prison from Khamti prison in Sagaing Division.“Yesterday my mom called me and said that he was transferred to Kalay as told by her friends....
Court rejects three witnesses in Suu Kyi’s trial
by Mungpi Wednesday, 27 May 2009 11:25New Delhi (Mizzima) – The special court in Insein Prison on Wednesday rejected three witnesses submitted by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers, leaving just one remaining defense witness.Nyan Win, a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s legal team, told Mizzima that a judge of the special court on Wednesday announced the rejection of three witnesses – Win Tin, Tin Oo and Khin Moe Moe – accepting just Kyi Win as a defense witness.“There is nothing much I can say. The facts speak for themselves. The prosecution...
Dead man’s explosive devices unearthed
by Mizzima News Wednesday, 27 May 2009 12:50Authorities on Tuesday unearthed explosive devices used by a deceased bomber in Rangoon’s suburban Township of Shwepyithar, the state-run newspaper said on Wednesday.A report by the state-run newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar, on Wednesday said Win Hlaing, a resident of Shwepyithar township while digging the ground in his compound discovered 65 detonators nestling in a plastic bottle and sulphur blocks weighing about two ticals.The newspaper said, at the same house on October 19, 2008 a bomb-maker...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Shan Army ambushed junta soldiers, killed two officers
by Pho Zaw Tuesday, 26 May 2009 19:48Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Fifteen people including two Burmese Army officers were killed during an ambush by the Shan State Army – South (SSA-South) on May 24 night, according to Shan army sources.The SSA-South’s army column led by Aung Pe Sut took up position in Hnam Zam Township, between Hnam Hu and Kho Lam villages, 72 miles east of Shan State capital Taungyi and ambushed the junta’s troops at about 10 p.m.The junta’s troops in the convoy included Col. Mai Zin led SSA-South splinter group which had surrendered...
News updates on 7th day of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial
Interview with Nyan Win, one of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s defence lawyersTuesday, 26 May 2009 19:04“Burmese military authorities announced this morning the removal of Article 10 (b), which kept Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. So, there is no more house arrests. The fallout of the removal is that she is no longer restricted to the State Protection Law.”“According to her testimony, she said she was imprisoned. And along with her two friends, they did not receive protection according to the law. As she had been imprisoned for a long time, Daw Aung...
Aung San Suu Kyi’s house arrest lifted
by Mungpi Tuesday, 26 May 2009 22:51New Delhi (Mizzima) - Burma’s military authorities on Tuesday lifted the house arrest order of opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, her lawyer said. But she remains under detention inside Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison, where she is facing trial on charges of breaching her terms of detention.One of her lawyers, Nyan Win, told Mizzima that Police Brigadier General Myo Thein, along with Burma’s Police Chief Khin Yi, on Tuesday morning read out an order removing restrictions imposed on Aung San Suu Kyi under...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Burma and Bangladesh agree to boost ties
by Moe Thu Monday, 25 May 2009 11:32Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – To prevent border conflicts the Bangladesh Foreign Minister Ms Dipu Moni has proposed regular meetings between the border security forces of the two countries during her four-day trip to Burma in the second week of May, said a diplomatic source.During her, May 14 to 17, official visit to Burma Moni met Burmese Prime Minister General Thein Sein and other ministers and discussed bilateral relation between the two countries. “She proposed regular meetings between the heads of border security...
Lightning protest movement should be started: CPB
by Ko Wild Monday, 25 May 2009 17:07Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – The Communist Party of Burma (CPB) has issued a statement saying a lightning protest movement against the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi should be conducted not only in front of Insein Prison, but throughout the country.The statement says members of the main opposition party, National League for Democracy (NLD) , and other pro-democracy forces should expand their movement from its current context of only gathering outside the prison on trial dates to include protest gatherings throughout Rangoon...
Opposition refutes junta’s allegation of planting bomb
by Phanida Monday, 25 May 2009 20:34Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Border based pro-democracy opposition forces have rubbished the junta’s allegation that it had planted a bomb found in Pyinmana railway station near the new capital city, Naypyitaw.“Today they accused our student’s army of being a terrorist organization. They accused us of planning bomb blasts in urban areas to instill fear among the people. Our student’s army strongly objects to these allegations reported in the junta’s daily newspaper,” the ‘All Burma Students’ Democratic Front’ (ABSDF)...
Villagers flee from DKBA troops out to recruit
by Ko Wild Monday, 25 May 2009 21:28Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Villagers of Kawkereik district, Karen State are fleeing from troops of the ‘Democratic Karen Buddhist Army’ (DKBA) who come to their villages to forcibly recruit soldiers for its army.DKBA’s 999th Brigade mainly recruits villagers under the age of 30 in Kyonebai, Chaungphyaar, Kawkabaung, Ohntabin villages in Kyonedoe Township in this district through the village chairmen. They are forcibly recruiting even villagers in the 40 to 50 age group if their preferred age group is not available....
Non-residents in Kawthaung forced to leave
by May Kyaw Monday, 25 May 2009 21:31Chiang Mai (Mizzima) - Visitors to Kawthaung are being checked thoroughly and sent back home.The National Identity cards of those arriving at the airport, harbours and bus terminals are being checked and non-local people are being detained for a while before being sent back to their homes as of May 22.“Now they are detained in the old hospital of Kawthaung and are not allowed to go outside. They are being divided into groups and assigned to quarter heads and sent back one group at a time,” a resident told...
Junta’s violations severe in Northern Burma: CSW
by Solomon Monday, 25 May 2009 22:53New Delhi (Mizzima) – The Christian Solidarity Worldwide, an advocacy group, said human rights violations continue to be grave in areas where ethnic minorities live and have come out with fresh accounts of violations during their field trip to Northern Burma.CSW, in a report released after their three-week field trip to Kachin state in northern Burma, said they heard horrifying testimonies from victims of human rights violations committed by the ruling junta’s army.“The situation in Kachin State is bad, we...
Suu Kyi’s trial will not end simply: Win Tin
by Mungpi Monday, 25 May 2009 22:57New Delhi (Mizzima) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Su Kyi on Tuesday will be produced before the special court in Insein jail and will be asked to give her testimony, in a trial, where she has been charged for breaching her detention law, her lawyer said.Nyan Win, one of the defence counsels, said the court on Monday concluded the hearing of prosecution witnesses, as the prosecution withdrew nine witnesses, and has fixed Tuesday for the accused, Aung San Suu Kyi, to give her testimony.“Tomorrow, Daw Aung San...
News updates on 6th day of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial
Aung San Suu Kyi to testify in court on TuesdayMonday, 25 May 2009 20:36Nyan Win, one of the defence counsels of Aung San Suu Kyi, said the pro-democracy leader will give her testimony on Tuesday, as the court had concluded the hearing of prosecution witnesses on Monday.“Daw Aung San Suu Kyi will be giving her testimony on Monday, and we plan to submit a list of witnesses to the court,” Nyan Win said.Among the list of defence witnesses will be veteran journalist Win Tin, the National League for Democracy’s vice-chairman Tin Oo, who is also currently...
Bomb found on Pyinmana train
by Mizzima News Monday, 25 May 2009 11:02Pyinmana - A time bomb was found today on a passenger train here scheduled to leave at 5 am for Rangoon yesterday, said a local newsman based in Pyinmana.“The home-made explosive was found by an electrician, who was on duty to check the lights in the train,” the newsman quoted an eyewitness as saying.He said the local security force defused the bo...
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Rumours of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's release spreads in Rangoon
by Mizzima News Saturday, 24 May 2008 15:32New Delhi - Rumours are doing the rounds in Rangoon that Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released today from house arrest.Nyan Win, spokesperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD), Aung San Suu Kyi's party, said, "We also heard that she [Aung San Suu Kyi] has been released, but we cannot confirm the information as yet."While the information cannot be independently verified, the rumours timed with Aung San Suu Kyi's completion of five years of her latest incarceration...
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Pakistan protests Myanmar’s arrest of Suu Kyi
Pakistan protests Myanmar’s arrest of Suu KyiSaturday, 23 May 2009 23:18ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday called the ambassador of Myanmar to the Foreign Office (FO) and protested the arrest and trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. “It was conveyed to the ambassador that Pakistan was deeply concerned about this unfortunate development and would urge the government of Myanmar to consider reviewing its decision and releasing Ms Aung San Suu Kyi immediately,” the FO said in a statement. staff report---------------------------------Security withdrawn...
Friday, May 22, 2009
Junta denies framing case against Suu Kyi
by Mizzima News Friday, 22 May 2009 15:26Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Burma's Foreign Minister, Nyan Win, has denied allegations that the regime has framed its case against Aung San Suu Kyi, arguing instead that it was the synchronized foul play of the opposition forces that has resulted in the current trial. "We are trying to restore constructive engagement with the outside world, including the U.S., Japan and E.U. At this crucial time, some opposition forces at home and abroad might try to sabotage and derail this work of constructive engagement...
UWSA turns down junta’s ‘Border Guard” proposal
by Solomon Friday, 22 May 2009 18:12New Delhi (Mizzima) – The United Wa State Army, one of Burma’s strongest ethnic armed rebel groups, which had a ceasefire agreement with the ruling junta, has said they will not reform their army, as suggested by the junta, but would continue with their struggle.An official of the UWSA, who is not authorized to speak to the press, on condition of anonymity told Mizzima, on Friday, that the decision to keep their Army under their control came after a meeting on May 19.“We have decided that we cannot allow our...
Two arrested with fake Burmese currency
by Phanida Friday, 22 May 2009 18:28Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – Two persons were arrested by the police in Tachileik for being in possession of Kyat 1,000 denomination counterfeit currency notes.The police arrested Sai Khun Nwan and Sai San Shwe hailing from Seinwi Township, Northern Shan State with 2,000 pieces of Kyat 1,000 denomination counterfeit currency notes while they were staying in Sandarlin guesthouse in Wankaung Ward, Tachileik town across the Thai-Burma border at about midnight on May 18.The editor of the Thai based SHAN news agency Khun...
News updates on 5th day of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial
Aung San Suu Kyi to receive 2009 Gandhi awardFriday, 22 May 2009 22:05Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been named recipient of Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation.The award, which will be awarded at a ceremony to be held in Durban, South Africa on July 20, is given to those who inspire young people to make a commitment to non-violence, forgiveness and reconciliation by South Africa’s Gandhi Development Trust.The award was inaugurated in 2003 to mark the centenary of the Indian Opinion, a newspaper published...
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